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Hollow City
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"Hollow City" Quotes

A group of peculiar children embark on a dangerous journey through war-torn London to save their kidnapped headmistress.

Quotes

The trick to not getting lost in a time loop is to think of it as a labyrinth, a kind of puzzle that can only be solved by moving forward.

Ransom Riggs

motivationpuzzle-solving

It's not the loop that binds us. It's our shared experience of it.

Ransom Riggs

friendshipshared experience

Sometimes you just need someone to lie to you, to tell you everything will be all right and that the monsters aren't coming for you.

Ransom Riggs

comfortreassurance

There's no way to escape the terror of the soul.

Ransom Riggs

fearescape

The soul may be hard to find, but easy to lose.

Ransom Riggs

soul-searchingloss

When you're the most powerful person in the room, no one tells you the truth. You have to go looking for it yourself.

Ransom Riggs

powertruth-seeking

The world is not beautiful, and that, in a way, lends it a sort of beauty.

Ransom Riggs

perspectivebeauty

The world is full of things that are simply not meant to be understood.

Ransom Riggs

mysteryacceptance

Sometimes the most amazing things can only be found by going out of bounds.

Ransom Riggs

adventureexploration

You can't just sacrifice one person for the greater good, because the greater good is made up of all the little goods that people do every day.

Ransom Riggs

moralitysacrifice